Motor vehicle



Feb. 9, 1937. J. M. BURGESS MOTOR VEHICLE Filed June 12, 1934 2Sheets-Sheet 1 IVENTOR. E MBur BY 2Q 9 A T Tojy J. M. BURGESS Feb. 9,1937.

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ATTORNE BY Mm Patented Feb. 9, 1937 UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE MOTORVEHICLE James Milford Burgess, Norwalk, Conn. Application June 12, 1934,Serial No. 730,285

20 Claims.

This invention relates to motor vehicles, and particularly to combineddefrosting and ventilating devices for automobiles and motor trucks.

While driving and riding in motor vehicles two very important problemsarise very often. One problem is to keep the windshield free of sleetand frost during winter driving so that the line of vision of the driverand other occupants is not impaired, and the other problem is toventilate the passenger compartment for comfort.

Heretofore there have been a number of developments to master one or theother of these problems, and a few efforts to provide a combina tiondevice to master both. Most of these proposals embrace very complicatedmechanisms and require separate cowl openings and covers for defrostingand for ventilating. So far as applicant is aware no commerciallysatisfactory combination defroster and ventilator has been provided, andespecially none with a simple control and single cover adapted to directexterior air into the vehicle and interior heated air out of thevehicle.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple and highlyefiicient apparatus for collecting hot air from the engine chamber anddirecting it against the windshield for defrosting purposes.

It is another objectof the present invention to provide a combinedwindshield defroster and passenger compartment ventilator with a simplecontrol, which may be made in the form of an attachment to be added toexisting vehicles, or which may be built integral with the vehicle atthe time of its manufacture.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a' simpler,sightlier, and more efficient ventilating' and defrosting apparatus thanthose heretofore proposed. 1

Features of the present invention include the provision of a combinationdevice including the need of but a single opening, and a single coverchamber or the passenger compartment; and novel holding arrangementsadapted to secure the valve and cover in any one of a vast number ofpositions.

Other objects, features, and advantages will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art and others will appear hereinafter. The presentpreferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top view of a vehicle showing the presentinvention thereon.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the first form of the invention, taken online 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of that form of the invention,shown in Fig. 2, with the parts in neutral position.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, on a reduced scale, showing theparts in the neutral or closed position, and showing the variousoperating positions diagrammatically.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 but shows the parts in the defrostingposition.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Figs. 5 and 6 but shows the parts inventilating position.

Figs. 8, 9, and disclose a modified form oi. the present invention andof these figures:-

Fig. 8 is a cross section view taken substantially through the center,and shows the control parts in the intermediate or neutral positions.

Fig. 9, is a sectional view similar to Fig. 8 but shows the parts in theopen defrosting position.

Fig. 10 is a detail of the holding mechanism.

Figs. 11 through 13 disclose a further modified form of the presentinvention, and of these:

Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken on line llll in Fig. 13, and shows themain control member in closed position.

Fig. 12 is a view similar to Fig. 11, showing the same parts in the opendefrosting position.

Fig. 13 is a sectional view taken on line l3-|3 in Fig. 11.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the first form of the inventionshown in Figs. 1 through 7 comprises a control chamber IS on the cowl 16of a passenger motor vehicle below a windshield l1 and intermediate anengine chamber l8 and passenger compartment IS. The control chamber hasside walls 20 and 2| connected together with an integral bottom 22, andhas turned ears 23 for welding or otherwise securing it to the cowl. Thefront of the control chamber is left open to provide an inlet port 24,and the back thereof is open to provide an outlet port 25. A duct 28may, as shown, be made integral with the side Walls 28 and 2| and bottomwall 22 to conduct heated air overlying the engine l8 in the chamber |8rearwardly into the control chamber. If preferred, this duct may be inthe form of a separate channel secured with screws 21 to a regulardividing wall 28 in the vehicle and simply rest upon a shelf 28 portionof the control chamber. Preferably, however, the duct is made-integralwith the control chamber.

The control chamber l5 may be built in sizes to correspond with a louvreopening 38 in vehicles already in use, or it may be speciallyproportioned for new vehiclesbeing made in the factory. This opening isclosed with a louvre 3| having downturned edges 32 and 33 engaging witha gasket 34 nesting with a channel 35 to permit tilting the louvre intothe positions shown in Figs. 6 and '1, for example. Normally the louvreis in the closed position shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. However, a controllever 38 connected thereto and extending through a slot 31 in the bottom22 is provided to move it into its various positions while a roller 38,secured to the lever'as by a stud 39, riding in a block 48 may engagewith any one of the notches 4|, 42, 43, 44, or 45 in the lower wall 48of a channel 48' to hold the louvre in predetermined closed,intermediate and opened positions.

Complete closing of the control chamber I5 is, according to the presentinvention, accomplished by the provision of a front gate 41 adapted tomove against a seat 48 of the inlet port 24, and a back gate 49 adaptedto move against a seat 58 of the outlet port 25. Preferably the seats 48and 58 are in the form of sheet metal straps secured to the controlchamber 5 and are provided with U-shaped rubber channels 48' and 58 toprevent rattle of the gate on the seat and to make the gatessubstantially air tight in the closed positions. Preferably the gates 41and 49 are pivotally mounted on the bottom wall 22 by pintle hinges 5|.Each of these hinges may be economically made by simply curling integralears 52 around rods 53 extending between the side walls 28 and 2|, andmay be located relative to the latter by spacing collars 54.

Springs 55 secured to studs 58 on the duct 28 into the closed positionshown in Figs. 3 and 5, and if preferred, springs 55' secured to studs56' may be provided to pull the louvre 3| into the channel 34 and theroller 38 into the notches 4|45.

The present invention provides a very novel mechanism adapted to openthe gate 49 of the outlet port when the louvre 3| is tilted to theposition shown in Fig. '7, then to again close this gate and open thegate 41 to the inlet port 24 when the louvre is tilted into the positionshown in Fig. 6. This mechanism comprises a link 58, connected by a stud59 to a struck up ear 88 on the front gate 41, and through an aperturedslot 6| connected to a stud 62 on the control lever 36 together with asimilar link 83 connected with a pin 64 on an ear portion of the backgate and through an elongated slot 88 is also connected to the stud 62on the control lever.

When the main control lever 38 is moved forwardly into the positionshown in Fig. 7, the louvre 3| is pivotally moved about the edge 33 to araised position, and concurrently the link 83 pulls the gate 48 in aclockwise direction about the hinge 5|. This gate and the louvre aresupported in the open position by the roller 8 6 5 8 5 n the notch 46whereupon cool air may flow from the exterior of the car in thedirection of the arrow A, Fig. '1, under the louvre and into the controlchamber, thence through the outlet port 26 to ventilate the passengercompartment. In this operation the stud 62 rides rearwardly in the slot8| of the link 58 ineffectively, thus keeping the gate 41 closed andpreventing the passage of warm air from the'engine chamber.

However, when the lever 36 is pulled back into the position shown inFig. 6 to pivotally move the louvre about the edge 32, the link 68 pullsthe front gate 41 into open position and allows heated air topass fromthe engine chamber l8 rearwardly through the duct 26 into the controlchamber I5, thence upwardly over the cowl l8 against the windshield H asindicated by the arrow B in Fig. 6, for defrosting. The louvre 3| andgate 49 are supported in this full open position by the roller 38engaging the notch 4|. During this operation the stud 62 ineflectivelyrides rearwardly in the slot 88 and thus does not move the gate 48 sothat the latter prevents warm air in the chamber l5 from entering thepassenger compartment.

An intermediate defrosting condition is also obtained by moving thecontrol lever 38 into the dot-and-dash line position shown at 68, withthe roller 38 in the notch 42, whereupon the louvre 3| is in thedot-and-dash line position, shown in Fig. 5, and heated air flows in thedirection of the arrow BB.

Also, an intermediate ventilating condition is obtained by moving thecontrol lever forwardly into the double-dot-and-dash line position shownat 69, when the louvre 3| will be in the double dot-and-dash lineposition whereupon cool air will flow in the direction of the doubledot-anddash arrow AA.

Figs. 8, 9, and 10 show a modified form of the invention, which has theadvantage of being more simple and more economical to construct and ofbeing more readily applied to vehicles already in use than the firstform of the invenion.

This modified form comprises a control chamber 18 of semi-circular shapesecured to a louvre channel 1| by ears 12, and having end walls 13 withonly one intermediate wall or bottom 14.

The control chamber thus formed is provided with a top opening 15 andtwo bottom openings including an inlet port 18 and outlet port 11.

A member 18 is supported within the control chamber 18 for oscillatorymovement either by the chamber itself or by a rod 18 secured to endwalls 88 thereof and pivoted in the side walls 13 of the chamber. Thismember is provided with a pair of openings 18 and 11' adapted to alignwith the inlet and outlet ports 16 and 11 respectively at predeterminedtimes.

A louvre 82 having downturned edges 83 and 84 engaging in the louvrechannel 1| for pivotal movement is provided to close the top opening 15of the control chamber. Full closing of the control chamber is effectedby moving the mem ber 18 into the position shown in Fig. 8, whereuponthe openings 18' and 11. are closed by the intermediate wall 14 and thetop opening is fully closed by the louvre 82, the latter being held inthe closed position by a pair of springs 85 and 85 secured at one oftheir ends to a bracket 88 centrally of the louvre 82, and on studs 81and 81' at their other ends. A control lever 88 on the rod 19 andsecured to the member 18 by a bracket 83 and extending through a.

slot 90 is provided to oscillate the control member I into thedefrosting position shown in. Fig. 9 when the lever 09 is pulledrearwardly. During this movement a rear edge on the member i0 lifts theback of the louvre to pivot the louvre on the edge 03 as shown in Fig.9. In the latter position the inletport l6 and opening I6 align topermit hot air to pass from the duct 9| through the control chamber inthe direction of the arrows C and D outwardly thereof through theopening ll against the windshield.

The louvre 92 is held firmly in engagement with the member l0 by thespring 85 as is immediately apparent by viewing Fig. 9. In this positionit should be noted that a wall l0 of the member l0 fully closes theoutlet port 'H and thus prevents the passage of warm air or gases fromthe chamber I0 into the passenger compartmen't.

The lever 80 may also be used to move the member it in an anti-clockwisedirection from the neutral position shown in Fig. 8, substantially thesame extent as the clockwise movement just described, whereupon thefront edge member I0 engages the front portion of the louvre to lift oneside out of the channel II while the louvre pivots on the edge M. Inthis position the opening 119 allows air to pass from over the hood downinto the control chamber 110 thence through the opening Ti and outletport 'I'I into the passenger compartment, and the spring 85' istensioned to hold the front of the louvre 92 against the member I8.

A strip of fiber 92, glued or otherwise secured to the louvre, providesan anti-friction and antirattle medium between the louvre 82 and theupper edges of the member I9.

Novel means is provided by the present invention to hold the controlmemberga'l8 and associated parts in the full open defrosting, the fullopen ventilating, or the neutral positions just described, and in anyintermediate stations. This mechanism comprises angle plates 93 securedto the intermediate wall Ml and provided with an elongated slot 94 and afriction stud 94' (see Fig. 10) adapted to ride upon and grip theangular plates sufficiently to hold the member 18 in any desiredposition.

In Figs. 11 through 13 there is shown an even more simplified form ofthe present invention.

This form. of the invention comprises a control chamber 95 ofsemi-cylindrical form which may be secured to the cowl as by brackets96. This control chamber has end walls 91 and an intermediate wall 90,the latter being provided with an inlet port 99 connecting with a ductI00 extending to the engine chamber and having an outlet port IOIcommunicating with the passenger compartment. A single large top openingI02 forms a part of the control chamber.

An oscillating member I03 pivoted on a rod i0?! within the semi-circularcontrol chamber 95 is capable of movement from the neutral positionshown in Fig. 11 to the clockwise, defrosting position shown in Fig. 12,and substantially and equally arcuate extent from the neutral positionin a counter--clockwise direction to a venti lating position.

This member I03 is a very advantageous structure, for a cover I09 may bemade integral therewith and thereby absolutely prevent rattle. It isprovided with openings 99' and HM normally closed by the wall 90 whenthe member I09 is in the neutral position shown in Fig. 11. However,

these openings may be aligned with ports 99 and IOI for defrosting andventilating.

Such conditioning is effected by a control lever I05 extending throughan aperture I06 upwardly to be secured to the cross rod E0], the latterbeing secured to end walls I08 of the member I03 and pivoted in the endwalls 91 of the chamber 95.

When the lever W5 is pulled rearwardly in a clockwise direction to theend of the slot I06, the opening 90 aligns with the inlet port 99 toallow heated air to pass from the engine chamber I8 through the duct I00thence through the control chamber 95 upwardly and outwardly through theopening MI in the direction of the arrows E and F against the windshieldto defrost.

The lever I05 may also be moved from the neutral position in acounterclockwise direction an equal extent, whereupon the opening 99'overlies the cowl I6, and the opening IOI' aligns with the outlet portIOI to direct air into the chamber 95, thence into the passengercompartment.

A gasket I I0 is carried by the control member I03 to prevent water fromseeping into the control chamber 95 when the parts are in the neutralposition and to closely wipe the chamber 95 when the control member ismoved from either the defrosting or the ventilating position into theneutral position.

A novel frictional holding means is shown with this form of theinvention comprising a spring plunger slidably mounted in a bearing IIIportion on a bar II2 secured to the rod I07 as by a pin H3. Preferablythis bar H2 is made in the form of a spider with other arms H2 extendingto the side walls of the member I03 and to the cover wt to provide anadditional support and strengthening medium. A flat spring II5 pushesagainst the pin IIO to force it frictionally into engagement with theend wall 97 and thereby holds the member I03 in any desired arcuateposition.

The present invention also provides a screen adapted to prevent insectsand other undesirable objects from passing to the passenger compartmentI9 through the control chamber 95 from over the cowl I 5 or to preventpassage of undesirable matter to the control chamber from the enginechamber I8. comprises a screen II'I, as shown in Fig. 13 particularly,of any desired mesh soldered or otherwise secured to the side walls ofthe opening 99'. If preferred a similar screen may be secured in theopening IOI' or to other forms of the invention.

The control levers 36, 88, and I05 of the various forms of the presentinvention may be used directly as a hand lover, or may be provided witha link system H8 extending to the instrument board H9. or some otheradvantageous location for control.

Although the present invention is shown as only one, appl ed near thecenter of the cowl I6 of a passenger car, it will be readily appreciatedthat two may be applied equally well to the cowl, or that the devicesmay be used on motor trucks and other types of vehicles.

Other variations and modifications may be made within the scope of thisinvention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus explained the nature of this invent-ion and described a wayof constructing and using the same, although without attempting to Inits simplest form this set forth all of the forms in which it may bemade, or all of' the modes of its use, I claim:

1. A combination ventilator and defroster for vehicles, comprising acontrol chamber with only three openings, including two bottom openingsand only one top opening; means cooperating with said control chamberand openings adapted to selectively close all of said openingssimultaneously, form one air passage between one bottom opening and thetop opening and form a second air passage between the other bottomopening and the top opening; and only one operating lever adapted tovariously condition said means.

2. A combination ventilator and defroster, for vehicles having an enginechamber, passenger compartment, and windshield, comprising a controlchamber having a pair of openings communicating with the passengercompartment and with the engine chamber, and having only one topopening; only one top cover for the opening; means adapted tocoordinately open and close said pair of openings and to condition theone top cover in neutral, ventilating and defrosting positions; andfriction means adapted to hold the last named means in divers positions.

3. A combination ventilator and defroster for vehicles having an enginechamber, windshield, and a passenger compartment, comprising a controlchamber having a pair of openings communicating with the passengercompartment and with the engine chamber; a pair of gates forconditioning said openings; only one top cover for said control chambercooperating with said pair of gates to ventilate the compartment and todefrost the windshield; and means inter-connecting said gates and saidcover for effecting coordinate operation thereof.

4. A combination ventilator and defroster for vehicles having an enginechamber, windshield, and a passenger compartment, comprising a controlchamber having a pair of lower openings communicating with the passengercompartment and with the engine chamber and a top opening; a pair ofgates for conditioning said openings; a top cover for the top opening ofsaid control chamber cooperating with said pair of gates to ventilatethe compartment and to defrost the windshield; and means, including onlyone handle adapted to automatically and coordinately condition saidgates and said top cover.

5. A combination ventilator and defroster, for use in automobiles havingan engine chamber, cowl, passenger compartment and windshield,comprising a control chamber having a top opening; a duct for warm airleading from the engine chamber to the control chamber; a pair of gatesin said control chamber; only one cover for the top opening; a shiftinglever having two tilt and one intermediate position; and connectionsbetween said gates, cover, and lever adapted to close both gates and thecover when the shifting lever is in the intermediate position, and toopen the top cover and a predetermined one of the gates when the leveris moved to either of the tilt positions thereby to form a Warm airpassage from the duct upwardly through the control chamber against thewindshield when moved to one tilt position, and to form a cold airpassage from the exterior of the automobile downwardly through thecontrol chamber to the passenger compartment when moved to the othertilt position.

6. A combination ventilator and defroster for vehicles having an enginechamber. windshield,

and a passenger compartment, comprising a control chamber having a pairof openings communicating with the passenger compartment and with theengine chamber; a pair of gates for conditioning said openings; only onetop cover for said control chamber cooperating with said pair of gatesto ventilate the compartment and to defrost the windshield; and linksinterconnecting and effecting coordinate movement between said gates andsaid top cover.

7. A combination ventilator and defroster for vehicles having an enginechamber, windshield, and a passenger compartment, comprising a controlchamber having a pair of lower openings communicating with the passengercompartment and with the engine chamber and having a top opening; a pairof gates for conditioning said openings; only one top cover for the topopening of said control chamber cooperating with said pair of gates toventilate the compartment and to defrost the windshield; and meansincluding interconnecting links and only one control handle adapted tocoordinately condition said gates and said top cover.

8. In a combination ventilator and defroster for vehicles having anengine chamber, cowl, passenger compartment and windshield, thecombination of a control chamber having two bottom openings and only onetop opening; a duct for warm air leading from the engine chamber to thecontrol chamber; and only one member in said control chamber, forconditioning said two bottom openings and one top opening, adapted todirect the flow of warm air from the duct through the control chamberthen upwardly relative to the cowl and against the windshield in one ofits positions, and to direct air from exterlorly of the cowl into thecontrol chamber thence into the passenger compartment in another of itspositions.

9. In a combination ventilator and defroster for vehicles having anengine chamber, cowl, passenger compartment, and windshield, thecombination of. a control chamber having only one top andtwo bottomopenings; a duct for warm air leading. from the engine chamber to thebottom opening in the control chamber; and only one member in saidcontrol chamber having two openings therein and having two tilted andone intermediate position, adapted to fully close both the bottom andtop openings in the control chamber when in the intermediate position,to pass warm air from the duct upwardly across the cowl against thewindshield in one tilting position, and to direct exterior air from thecowl directly through the control chamber to the passenger compartmentin another tilting position.

10. A combination ventilator and defroster for vehicles having an enginechamber, windshield and a passenger compartment, comprising a controlchamber having a pair of lower openings communicating with the enginechamber and with the passenger compartment and only one top opening; a.cross rod extending axially through said control chamber; and only onemember pivotally mounted on the cross rod adapted to alternately closeall of said openings and to open predetermined openings to effect adefrosting and a ventilating condition.

11. A defroster for vehicles having an engine chamber, cowl andwindshield, comprising a control chamber having a lower openingcommunicating with the engine chamber and having a top opening; and onlyone member oscillatably mounted in said control chamber adapted in oneposition to close all of said openings and in another position opencertain of said openings and in the latter condition to direct warm airfrom the engine chamber over the cowl and against the windshield.

12. A defroster for vehicles having an engine chamber, cowl andwindshield, comprising a control chamber having a lower openingcommunieating with the engine chamber and having only one top opening;only one member oscillatably mounted in said control chamber adapted toclose and open said openings and in the latter condition to direct warmair from the engine chamber over the cowl and against the windshield;and a handle on said member extending through a side wall of saidcontrol chamber for moving said member into positions to open and closesaid openings.

13. A defroster for vehicles having an engine chamber, cowl andwindshield, comprising a control chamber having a lower openingcommunicating with the engine chamber and having only one top opening;only one member oscillatably mounted in said control chamber adapted toclose and open said openings and in the latter condition to direct warmair from the engine chamber over the cowl and against the windshield; ahandle on said member extending through a side wall of said controlchamber for moving said member into positions to open and close saidopenings; and yielding means adapted to hold'said member and handle inopen and closed positions.

14. In a vehicle the combination of a cowl having a louvre opening andchannel; an engine chamber; a windshield; a passenger compartment; acontrol chamber having a pair of bottom openings communicating with saidengine chamber and said passenger compartment; a top cover with edges insaid channels; and only one member in said control chamber adapted toalign with one of the bottom openings and to engage and lift one side ofthe top cover to form a passage and direct warm air from the enginechamber against the windshield and to align with the other bottomopening and to lift the other side of the top cover to form a passageand direct exterior air downwardly through the control chamber into thepassenger compartment.

15. In a combination ventilator and defroster for vehicles having anengine chamber, passenger compartment, and windshield, the combinationof a control chamber having one top and two bottom openings; a duct forwarm air leading from the engine chamber to the control chamber; onlyone top cover for the top opening; a spring for yieldingly holding thecover in open and closed positions; and only one member in said controlchamber adapted to align with one of the bottom openings and to engageand lift one side of the top cover to forrna passage and direct warm airfrom the engine chamber against the windshield and to align with tl'ltother bottom opening and to lift the other side of the op cover to forma passage and. direct exterior air downwardly through the controlchamber into the passenger compartment.

16. In a combination ventilator and defroster for use in vehicles havingan engine chamber, passenger compartment, and windshield, thecombination of a control chamber having one top and two bottom openings;only one top cover for the top opening having a double pivotal mounting;and only one movable member in the control chamber adapted to engage andlift one side of the top cover and to form a passage and direct warm airfrom the engine chamber upwardly against the windshield when tilted inone direction, and to lift the other side of the top cover andsimultaneously form a passage for exterior air downwardly through thecontrol chamber to the passenger compartment when tilted in the otherdirection.

17. In a combined defroster and ventilator for motor vehicles having anengine chamber and a passenger compartment, the combination of a controlchamber having a plurality of openings; only one control memberoscillatably mounted in said control chamber and adapted to cover and toclear said plurality of openings, having a plurality of positions,adapted in one position to direct exterior air into the passengercompartment for ventilation, and in the other position to directinterior heated air from the engine chamber outwardly for defrosting;and a screen carried by the control member adapted to prevent passage ofundesirable matter into the control chamber in both the ventilating anddefrosting positions.

18. A combination ventilator and defroster for vehicles having an enginechamber, windshield and a passenger compartment, comprising a controlchamber having a pair of lower openings communicating respectively withthe engine chamber and with the passenger compartment, and having onlyone top opening; and an oscillatable member in said compartment having apair of openings therein, said oscillatable member being selectivelymovable to close both of said lower openings simultaneously, to alignthe pair of openings respectively with one of said lower openings andthe top opening in the control chamber and to align the pair of openingsrespectively with the other of said lower openings and the top openingin the control chamber.

19. A combination ventilator and defroster for vehicles having an enginechamber, windshield, and a passenger compartment, comprising a controlchamber having a pair of openings communicating with the passengercompartment and with the engine chamber; a pair of gates forconditioning said openings; spring means for normally urging said pairof gates to a closed position; only one top cover for said controlchamber cooperating with said pair of gates to ventilate the compartmentand to defrost the windshield; and links interconnecting and effectingcoordinate movement between said gates and said top cover.

20. In a combination ventilator and defroster for use in vehicles havingan engine chamber, passenger compartment, and windshield, thecombination of a control chamber having one top and two bottom openings;only one top cover for the top opening having a double pivotal mounting;spring means for normally holding said top cover in a closed position;and only one movable member in the control chamber adapted to engage andlift one side of the top cover and to form a passage and direct warm airfrom the engine chamber upwardly against the windshield when tilted inone direction, and to lift the other side of the top cover andsimultaneously form a passage for exterior air downwardly through thecontrol chamber to the passenger compartment when tilted in the otherdirection.

JAMES MILFORD BURGESS.

